To be king [Greek mythology]

But he didn't want to give up the reputation and influence that had been established here.

Men always hope that they can make contributions.

What's more, in this world now, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

But the precarious days are really disturbing. If it is to be stable, the world of the past will naturally be much better.

What's more, Thurps believes that after being tempered by this world, he has returned to the original world, and he will never be as mediocre as before.

Thurps' eyes fell on the bright and peaceful world in front of him, and he was a little moved, but a smile suddenly flashed in his heart.

Tartarus looked at this human being with high hopes, his eyes were heavy.

"Are you leaving, or are you staying?"

Chapter 75

Ares led three thousand Spartan warriors and a large number of slaves to Argos.

He looked at the warriors who greeted him at the gate of Argos, which had already been tidied up, and was a little surprised that he didn't see Surpus.

Surps seldom went out with the warriors, especially when he pacified the city-states in the territory in the past six years. Surps almost only mentioned a few words, and let the Spartan warriors and Ares casually went.

The number of times the king of Sparta went to the battlefield can be counted on one's fingers, but when he fought Argos, he did not hesitate to follow the warriors and left Sparta, which means that he attached great importance to this battle.

Although the weakness of Argos' combat power is beyond everyone's expectations, Argos is also a large city-state that has existed on the side of Sparta for a long time.

Even though the victory this time was extremely simple, it was very proud for Thurps.

No matter what, you shouldn't come to ask him for credit.

"Where's Surpus?" Ares went to the bottom of the city wall, looked around and still didn't find Surpus' figure, grabbed the warrior that Surpus usually brought with him, and asked with a frown.

The warrior was about to tell Ares about the whereabouts of Surpus, and he replied casually: "The King has gone to the Underworld."

Ares was stunned for a long time, then flew into a rage, grabbed the warrior by the collar, and roared: "He's dead?!"

The warrior was terrified by the yelling, and immediately realized his slip of the tongue, and quickly shook his head in denial: "No!"

It felt like he was going to be killed every minute, it scared me to death.

"He was led to Netherland by the God of Death." The warrior was terrified by Ares, "I said I would be back in a few days."

After speaking, the warrior lowered his head and said nothing more.

Although Sparta as a whole seemed to be more active after Surpus became king, the warriors were still quite rigorous and silent when facing Ares.

Ares was relieved when he knew that Thurps was not dead, and then reacted, frowning slightly, "Is he familiar with the god of the underworld?"

The warrior hesitated a little, and finally said honestly: "It seems that the relationship with the God of Death is quite good."

In the hearts of the warriors, although Thurps is the king of Sparta, the order and existence of Ares will always be the first in their hearts.

Ares nodded, waved the warriors to retreat, and took the three thousand warriors and slaves he brought into the city, while he stayed on the city wall, his gaze fell to the west.

That is the direction of Hades.

The warriors don't know the affairs between the gods, but Ares is clear that it is impossible to enter and leave the underworld without the permission of Hades, even with the blessing of other gods of the underworld.

Ares felt a little confused when Hercules followed Hermes into the Underworld and spread the news that Hades had poked a hole.

Hades is completely capable of expulsing it, and it doesn't make sense to be forced to the city of death and be stabbed a hole.

The God of War leaned against the city wall and looked at the sky. He hoped that Thurps, like Hercules, had grasped an unspeakable secret and entered the Hades.

But the facts clearly remind Ares that Thanadus has always been a loyal Hades faction.

His actions mean the meaning of the entire Hades and Hades.

It seems that his king's network is quite powerful.

Ares thought about it and felt that there was nothing wrong. After all, Thurps was recommended to him by Nix, and it was normal to have a closer relationship with the god of the underworld.

Especially Thanadus, the son of Nix.

Although Thanadus was a little less favored than Hypnos, but anyway, he was one of Nix's heirs who was always with him.

Thurpus was brought back by Thanadus four days after Ares arrived in Argos.

The young king of Sparta seemed to be in good spirits. Ares felt that the confusion and hesitation on Thurpus' brow had completely disappeared, and he became quite energetic.

"It seems that you have gained a lot." Ares looked at Surpus and said, his eyes swept over the things hanging around Surpus' neck.

"Well, I have gained a lot." Thurpus admitted generously, touched the newly added and slightly smaller Typhon's tooth on his neck, and smiled brightly rarely.

Ares snorted, but began to think about whether to find a reason to go to Hephaestus to steal an artifact and give it to Surpus.

Anyway, Thurps has paid so much for Sparta, and Sparta's rapid recovery and increasingly standardized is also credited to Thurps. Even though Thurps has his own purpose, his contribution to Sparta is is indelible.

The Underworld is already giving gifts to Thurps, and it makes no sense for him to do nothing as a direct beneficiary.

Ares rubbed his chin and felt that he needed to move.

It is rare to have a prophet who is willing to be a king and is quite good. Ares feels that it is unreasonable not to seize this opportunity.

Thurps didn't pay much attention to Ares. After he found out that there was nothing wrong with the situation in the city, he found several leaders who were traveling with the army, ordered hundreds of warriors to come out, and prepared to set off for the next day. Collins.

Ares needs to stay in the town of Argos until Prometheus takes care of Sparta's affairs and leads the real main force of the Spartan army to take over.

At that time, Prometheus will temporarily sit in Argos, and Ares will take the main force brought by Prometheus to Corinth to join Thurps' vanguard.

Corinth was as prosperous and rich as Athens, which occupied all the resources of Attica.

But the richness of Corinth is not due to the abundance of resources. On the contrary, the land of Corinth City is quite barren.

What they depended on was access to the isthmus, which could almost be regarded as a natural barrier.

What Corinth is doing is the business of merchant ships passing through the Isthmus. If merchant ships do not want to take the channel around the entire Peloponnese Peninsula, they must pass through the Isthmus of Corinth, and if they want to pass through the Isthmus of Corinth, they can only rely on land. The tug of the war dragged their merchant ships from one side of the isthmus to the other and back into the sea.

Corinth relied on tolls and sea and land trade to make huge profits, and his wealth was outrageous.

Of course, these are not the most important, because what Corinth enshrines is Aphrodite, no matter how rich they are, they can't get much.

The important thing is that Corinth is separated from Attica by an isthmus.

Corinth relied on this fjord to completely block the iron cavalry from Attica who wanted to cross the sky for countless times, and stood there for thousands of years.

To cross this fjord can only rely on huge ships and carts.

This is quite unfavorable for the Spartan army thinking of a large-scale invasion.

The isthmus blocked the invasion of Attica, and also restricted Corinth's progress to Attica.

Thurps sat on the horse with his cheeks resting, looking at the map while bumping along the way.

After the collapse of the four iron tribes of Attica, the Athens family dominated, but the dominance of one family meant that many small and medium-sized city-states had room to breathe and survive.

Now in the Attica area, various small and medium-sized city-states are blooming everywhere. Although all of them have declared their allegiance to Athens without exception, how much sincerity is there, and how many little secrets are there between each other, Thurps feels that he is winning. The nearest city-state can then have a good discussion with the king.

Surps stroked the point on the map that marked the name of the city-state, raising his eyebrows slightly.

Megara.

It used to be a vassal state of Corinth, but later broke away from Corinth's grip and became independent, and grew rapidly.

In this thunderous move of Athens sweeping Attica, Megara was seriously injured.

Because Megara itself does not have much combat power, the entire city-state relies on a port, and the defense force is that the Megara people exchanged ships and wealth for the protection of the neighboring city-state army.

When Athens swept Attica, the neighboring city-states could not protect themselves, so naturally it was impossible to allocate much power to help it.

Thurps' first target was Megara, who had been languishing since Athens became king in Attica.

He has a little impression of this city-state. When Megara was the most powerful, it was the territory of Megara, including Salamis Island.

Now it is probably owned by Athens. After all, Salamis Island is too close to the main city of Athens. There is only a not-so-wide ocean in the middle, and there is not even an acropolis.

It is impossible for Athens to give up the island of Salamis to Megara. Being able to let Megara sleep soundly on the side of his couch is already the bottom line of the King of Athens.

Thurps looked at the map, squinting.

He was sure to take Megara down before Megara had time to ask for help from the Athenian garrison on Salamis, but then he was a bit stretched.

The existence of the Isthmus of Corinth is destined to transport the army to Afghanistan